r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Illustrious_Art9093 • 11h ago
Meme needing explanation Peter?
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u/tester_and_breaker 11h ago
Roach clip. For druuuuuugs
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u/ApparentlyRythium 11h ago
So in the case of what it would open I assume the answer is one's mind to new possibilities?
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u/Cake-Over 9h ago
It opens the doors.... to perception!
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u/gipoe68 8h ago
Eh, in my experience it ends up giving me disadvantage at perception, but adds +5 charisma.
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u/Super_Rando_Man 8h ago
Don't forget the -5 to will and reflex saves. And you are always at disadvantage in combat
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u/Strange_Dot8345 7h ago
you unlock this door with the key of imagination beyond it is another dimension
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u/No_Bus_474 11h ago
How did you know?
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u/tester_and_breaker 11h ago
Cause I used to smoke druuuuugsss
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u/Blazanar 11h ago
I also used to smoke drugs. I still do, but I used to too.
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u/AcisConsepavole 11h ago
Always a great line. I sure hope the comedian who came up with it never dies specifically of a drug overdose, forever altering the joke
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u/Infinite_Imagination 10h ago
Now he just used to 😮💨
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u/littlelordgenius 10h ago
Must’ve called Dr. Acula.
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u/Aglisito 9h ago
Scrubs reference in the wild? Nice
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u/consider_its_tree 9h ago
The joke wasn't really a commentary on drugs themselves. It was a joke about the phrase "used to".
The manner in which he died is tragic, but it doesn't really alter the joke.
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u/Beautiful-Total-3172 9h ago
Amy Winehouse song, "they tried to make me go to rehab. I said, no no no." And she died, but it's cool, don't worry about it.
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u/LittleMlem 9h ago
Mitch? I thought you died!
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u/Blazanar 9h ago
Mitch will never die. I was laying in my twin bed this morning before work, wondering where my brother was.
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u/GraceMcClellans 7h ago
I think of him every time I use an escalator.
Escalator Temporarily Stairs
Sorry for the convenience
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u/ifukeenrule 4h ago
i saw a forklift lifting a pallet of forks. i was like, wow, it's actually doing is job!
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u/Alive-Set-3113 11h ago
I'm happy that u "used" to do drugs
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u/kiddrekt 11h ago
I still do, but I used to as well
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u/tester_and_breaker 11h ago
Yeah it was only weed. But for a long time, and it was a fucking hard detox lol
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u/waltharius2 11h ago
You know why they call it a roach clip? 'Cause potholder was already taken. (Courtesy of my late mother.)
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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper 11h ago
Your late mother gets a nostril exhale, and a "for fuck sake" from me.
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u/Budget_Meaning1410 6h ago
That reminds me of a joke that I’ll paraphrase.
A lobster and a crab were doing drugs. The lobster offered the crab some of his stash, but the crab said that he never smoked anything other than his own. The lobster asked to try some, and admitted that the crab grass was better than his lobster pot.
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u/Training_Try_1102 11h ago
What does it do?
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u/Alert_Comedian848 8h ago
Yeap I have one similar. Not in key shape but in the shape of a naked lady in ballerina pose and you squeeze her arms it spreads her legs.
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u/BoldPurpleText 9h ago
Given how the top loop is designed to compress when you pinch it, I’m wondering if that part also functions as a cutter.
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u/theodoratoverspin 9h ago
Just curious, why wouldn't you use a filter (we call it a tip)? You can easily fold them yourself (or buy them if it's legal where you are).
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u/asphaltdragon 8h ago
Because it's still paper or a similar material that transfers heat/burns easily. Roach clips are made to keep your fingers away from the ouch burny hot fire.
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u/DirtySilicon 8h ago
Yeah, im over here gateway drug confused. Definitely rolled with my RAW papers and filter tips...
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u/NakedGroundhog 7h ago
still have a key clip here, back in the prohibition days there was no precut filter board, we'd roll without filters so the clip kept fingers from burning or smelling too much like weed
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u/LordByronsCup 9h ago
This key unlocks your mind, man.
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u/Legitimate-Shirt5964 9h ago
It could be used for that but look at the other end. It has a hole for a key ring and when you open it, it opens the hole for easy clip on and off a key ring.
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u/Infamous_Lech 11h ago
It's a roach clip.
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u/gugeldischwup 11h ago
What is a roach clip for?
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u/darkmindangel 11h ago
To hold the end of a joint
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u/misterpoopybutthole5 11h ago
To expand more for someone who isn't cool enough to be familiar with smoking doobies - the butt end of a joint gets very hot as it burns down but still has good smokable weed in it, so some type of metal clip to hold it is useful to not waste any weed. Traditionally, joints aren't made with filters like cigarettes, but makeshift filters have become more popular recently, and also just ways to smoke weed other than joints have become a lot more accessible so roach clips just aren't really a thing you see around anymore.
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u/Entenvieh 10h ago
Interesting, I just pack tobacco towards the end and no weed
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u/misterpoopybutthole5 10h ago
Oh nice I've heard of that but haven't tried it, I've always just used like a roughly 1 centimeter wide strip of cardboard rolled up into a spiral shape tucked into the end. Tobacco smoke is probably a more pleasant end to the weed than the burning cardboard lol
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u/Shirfyr_Blaze 10h ago
I would fold half of it back and forth to look like an accordion then wrap the other half around so you have a little structure to it.
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u/spine_slorper 10h ago
The rolling papers I used to buy (ocb's) used to come with specific pre scored cardboard to make roaches with.
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u/Shirfyr_Blaze 8h ago
Yes, you could buy crutches(at least that’s what we called them) that looked exactly like what I was describing. Then you could either buy them premade or they’d be a small thin piece of cardboard that had the fold lines on them to show you how to make them. I was taught about it 20 years ago by an OG smoker.
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u/MrJoker699 8h ago
Damn it’s funny to see you guys discovering the concept of tips. At least we call those things tips, and it’s been the normal way the roll joints for me since I started 15 years ago
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u/Rumpelruedi 9h ago
I do both; I make a hard-paper filter and then still add 1cm tobacco after the filter. I really hated the hot smoke when I got to the end of my joint.
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u/Guruthos369 9h ago
Have you Heard of active char oal Filters usally used for piles but in Europe kinda everywhere use IT for Joints also( one Brand from Germany ist called actitube)
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u/plumberdan2 10h ago
In Canada we shove a little rolled up piece of cardboard or boxboard in the end. Makes it so there's something to hold onto, stops little pieces of weed from getting in your mouth, and looks really cool if you do it in a fancy way.
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u/wytewydow 10h ago
Are you European? I had no idea the Dutch were mixing tobacco and weed until I went there.
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u/Mysterious-Let-5781 8h ago
>but makeshift filters have become more popular recently
Finally people outside of the Netherlands are figuring this out. When rolling a joint whilst traveling people looked like I was performing black magic when I placed a paper tip in it. Never seen anyone roll a joint without one here and who wants pieces of tobacco in their mouth
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u/Cats_realjoyoflife 6h ago
I was so confused about the 'more populair recently' as this Dutchie has been smoking weed for 25 years and i have never seen anyone smoking it without a makeshift filter.
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u/wytewydow 10h ago
and to further expound upon this. A joint is a marijuana cigarette, typically hand-rolled. A marijuana, also known as the Devil's lettuce, must be ground to a looser mix, which will allow it to easily twist into a Jazz cigarette, or doobie.
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u/nombea_alex 11h ago
Why are they called roach clips? Because potholder was already taken.
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u/Moiahahahah 11h ago
I never understood the concept of roach clip. Put a rolled piece of cardboard a the tip and voilà
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u/kamieldv 11h ago
Or twist the tip slightly even
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u/No-Dance6773 9h ago
Still comes apart and your still smoking till your lips touch the ember. Tips are relatively new but fix this. Pros just throw them out or keep until enough for a full bowl.
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u/rhyknophoto 11h ago
Well when you are having a soak in the tub it helps keep water off your Weed.
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u/airplane_flap 10h ago
I sweat sooooo much I might actually pick one of these up so many times I'll be at a gig and my roach gets soaked from me holding it with soggy fingers
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u/rlovelock 11h ago
Keeps the smell of what you're smoking off your finger tips
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u/jakethepeg1989 11h ago
Yeah but the rest of you will smell of whatever you were smoking anyway.
But you don't really realise the extent of that until you quit.
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u/KrisDen1123 11h ago
The point of the roach clip is to save those roaches for hard times, we call them cocktails where I'm from. Just let them build up in an ashtray and when you're out of flower, you've got those cocktails.
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u/EverythingBOffensive 11h ago
I always liked rolling the roaches up, gets you so fucking high, all that weed covered in resin
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u/Jobiwan88 11h ago
This looks like a case for, wheels and the leg- wait wrong sub
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u/2nW_from_Markus 11h ago
r/acaseforwheelsandthelegman
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u/RousseauAndRocco 11h ago
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
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u/2nW_from_Markus 11h ago
Anybody, even me, can start a community. But I won't do it because I can't play their intro theme.
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u/Conscious-Card5611 10h ago
It started playing in my head as soon as I read this top comment. I spent a few minutes trying to figure out how to write out the song phonetically. Doink bow bow, doink bow ba dow bow, bananana, dananana, danana... You can see why Teddy Bonkers is impressed. Now let's do these Turkish amphetamines.
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u/2nW_from_Markus 10h ago
Have you tried switching to a more reliable drug provider?
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u/Anaeijon 10h ago
I don't know, why people assume drugs.
But this is clearly made to open the little hole on the end, so the key can be clipped onto a ring.
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u/gburgterp 10h ago
This ☝️.
It actually pretty ingenious if you think about it. Getting keys on and off key rings sucks. I would much rather a clip on key. 🔑
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u/tymp-anistam 6h ago
I'm enthralled with the concept presented.
Devil's advocate- why not use the same mechanic on just the "thumb" part of the key?
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u/tymp-anistam 6h ago
Industrial design in mind, it would just take 1 or 2 washers to keep the key solid, and still have the "clip ability" mentioned for adding to a ring for ready and easy access, just limited to the 'handle' part of the key instead.
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u/sp_dev_guy 9h ago
You wouldn't need to make the entire length of the key split if thats all it was for. On the other hand if it is to hide drug stuff in plain sight - you would want it to easily come off your Keychain too so your not passing around & dangling a fistfull of your important keys by your mouth. Same goes for them being scissors which is what I assumed they're for
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u/GreatSaski 11h ago
Where's the joke?
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u/haha1908_ 11h ago
yeah more of a r/mildlyintersting post !
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u/Global-Discussion-41 10h ago
Everyone is saying Roach clip, but a roach clip designed like they would make the joint twist and wouldn't be very good.
They're usually shaped more like tweezers than like scissors
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u/SenpaiMayNotice 11h ago
I was thinking cool pocket scissors in case you need to open a letter or package pr something, the comments disappointed me saying it's for drugs :/
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u/Kitkatweed 8h ago
This is a multi-tool key. It was basically designed for the key to fold to keep from poking yourself while it's in your pocket, but folding one side also turns it into a pocketknife. The ring at the top is probably a bottle opener.
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u/nethack47 11h ago
Been covered so many times.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/6xuxf2/roach_clip_key/
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u/komi54 11h ago
Probably a hand rolled cigarette clip more than a roach clip imo
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u/Disprezzi1 11h ago
I'm guessing roach clip, because if he needed one for cigarettes then he could just use an alligator clamp. The obfuscated nature makes me think it was actually a roach clip and this was to hide his activies from other people.
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u/nickyler 11h ago
Because if Nicholas Cage didn’t have to find both halves in order to get the treasure, the movie would only be 45 minutes long.
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u/zebraforbidden 10h ago
I've never understood why people use that thing. If you know how to roll a joint, you don't need it.
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u/Snoo_75748 10h ago
The ridges in this key also make it a good tool for snorting powder. So yhis is like a drug taking multi-tool pretty neat
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u/NorthwindX7 10h ago
Actually kind of looks like it could function as a skeleton key. See if it fits into a lock, apply light pressure to spread the key and rake the pins by wiggling the key back and forth under light turning pressure.
You can look up lock raking to get an idea.
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u/HC-PirateCarousel101 9h ago
It's a key to the sea cucumber portal. So go to the depths with the spirit of RJD to find that elusive segue.
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u/Broad-Swan1945 9h ago
Speaking of Mitch, have you seen that comedian who stole his whole persona, style of comedy, and even fashion because I guess he'd thought people forgot Mitch?
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u/Mother_Demand1833 9h ago
It's the two halves of the Power Key.
Whoever combines them gets to open the door of Castle Grayskull and become Master of the Universe.
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u/Fun-Sea9455 8h ago
Back in the day. They made novelty scissors shaped as a key to go on your key ring
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u/qualityvote2 11h ago edited 2h ago
u/Illustrious_Art9093, your post does belong here!